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Doc. 205.] 21
SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS IN 1733.
on the right by citron and orange trees. Within the walls
are trees of various kinds, coffee plants, &c., and a fig-tree
with a trunk of extraordinary thickness. Here we could see
and admire a very large number of laurels and orange
trees collected together ; for there are upwards of five-hun
dred laurels , beautifully trimmed , and the same number of
orange-trees may be counted, all of which are exactly like
one another, being of the same height, the same thickness,
and the same age. The trunk of each tree is eight inches in
diameter, while the Indian fig-tree is twenty-four inches in
diameter. This garden seems to excel all others of the same
kind established in Europe.
June 13. On St. John’s day I went outside the town to
enjoy a stroll and see the large garden [grosser Garten] famous
for its marble statues and figures. The way or road to it
extends to a great distance, is enclosed on both sides with
trimmed and curiously cut trees, and adorned with terra
cotta figures. At last appears the area itself or the large
theatre, adorned with beautiful marble statues and figures.
All are made of marble of the most dazzling purity, and all
are sculptured to the life. Some are larger and some smaller,
and there are so many of them, that they can scarcely be
counted. They do not yield much to those in Versailles, ex
cept in size. It is a place where you may enjoy rural plea
sures to the full.
The bridge, which leads into the town from the Neustadt
or new town, is splendid. It rises a considerable height above
the river and is supported by seventeen arches. There are
also on both sides of the bridge seventeen sitting or resting
places. On one side is a crucifix of bronze on an artificial
rock ; on the other side and opposite to it are two figures
or statues.
June 14-19. I read through and corrected my Principia.
June 20 (July 1) . I went to the Neustadt or new town
to see the building [Japanesisches Palais] erected by the Duke
of Saxony. There also is a very pleasant garden, filled with
objects of art, where during the life-time of King Augustus the
articles of porcelain were exhibited, the greater part of which
is said to be stored up between the ceilings of the building.
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